Couple Honored On Anniversary By Cedar chapter OES
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cullman were honored on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at a Cedar chapter OES bridge party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Paxton at 500 Nineteenth Street NE. A silver gift was presented. guests included OES officers and numerous spouses and friends.
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Louis Cullman
Hubert Paxton
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
O. D. Stucker
Charles Bode
Vernon White
Zed Turner
Emil Horak
Edward Novotny
Vinton Bowers
Edwin Owen
Mike Risk
W. N. Albright
Robert Goodman
Otto A. Tienka
Thetis Holmes
Frances Butcher
Marjorie Emerson
Lawrence Augustine
Mayflower D A R chapter holds luncheon meeting
The Mayflower chapter of D A R met Friday for a luncheon at Mrs. Carl D. Thomas home Cottage Grove avenue SE with 38 members present. Hostesses were Mrs Earl Nichols Clarence Beatty Arthur Bye and Milo Wenger. Guests included Mrs Tom B Throckmorton Mrs R P Ink Mrs Pinkerton Mrs Marion H Williams Mrs O F Fease Mrs L D Beckett and Mrs Ellis. Mrs J C Lick presided and T H DeWees led singing accompanied by Mrs D C Cook.
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Mayflower
Carl D. Thomas
Cottage Grove Avenue
Mmes
Earl Nichols
Barlow
Clarence Beatty
Arthur Bye
Milo Wenger
Tom B. Throckmorton
Des Moines
R. P. Ink
Mt.Vernon
Pinkerton
Marion H. Williams
Ashley
O. F. Fease
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
L. D. Beckett
Pest
Northwood
Ellis
Madison
J. C. Lick
T. H. DeWees
D. C. Cook
Rockmor
Miss Coler's Bridal Shower Given by Mrs Merveaux
Miss Jane Ann Coler bride elect of Gordon Nicholson was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. P. D. Merveaux and her daughter Jeanette on Twenty-third Street Drive NE. Fourteen guests enjoyed a bridge gathering.
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Jane Ann Coler
Gordon Nicholson
P. D. Merveaux
Jeanette
Twenty-third Street Drive
Bridge
Cultus club opens forty fourth year with picnic
The Cultus club began its forty fourth year with a Thursday picnic luncheon at Mrs. E. C. Busenbark's home 554 Knollwood Drive SE assisted by Mrs. N. H. Johnson. Officers installed include President Mrs. R. E. Heal vice president Mrs. O. W. Mull treasurer Miss Bertha Graham secretary Mrs. E. R. Ruge historian Mrs. R. S. Too good. The next meeting is Oct 8 at Mrs. R. R. Mayberry 1413 First Avenue SW with Miss Anna Marie DeCastello presenting the program.
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Cultus Club
E. C. Busenbark
Knollwood Drive
N. H. Johnson
R. E. Heal
O. W. Mull
Bertha Graham
E. R. Ruge
R. S. Toogood
R. R. Mayberry
First Avenue
Anna Marie DeCastello
Service circle holds meeting at Mrs Goodwin home
Sixteen members of the Service circle of King's Daughters met Wednesday at Mrs. Carl Goodwin's home 530 Forest Drive SE. They enjoyed a picnic luncheon and an afternoon of sewing. Guests included Mrs. Emma Stearns Mrs. E. C. Mann and Mrs. M. Connor. Next meeting set for Oct 1 at Mrs. E. D. Jack's residence.
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King’s Daughters
Carl Goodwin
Forest Drive SE
Emma Stearns
E. C. Mann
M. Connor
E. D. Jack
Takahea Camp Fire Girls Plan Saturday Skating Party
Members of the Takahea Camp Fire group met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. M. Buckland’s home 270 Fifteenth Street NW. Miss Pat Ruby helped as the girls rehearsed a play to be performed Saturday evening during a skating party.
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Takahea
the Guardian
Hope Circle Plans Dessert Luncheon at Mrs. Fisher Home
Members of Hope circle of King's Daughters met Friday afternoon in Red Cross rooms to make surgical dressings. The next meeting will be a dessert luncheon at Mrs. Floyd Fisher's home, 17 Twenty-ninth street SE, with all members asked to bring guests.
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Hope Circle of
King’s Daughters
Red Cross
Floyd Fisher
Twenty-ninth Street SE
Aunt Het Says Press More Nasty When She Speaks
Brief fragment notes Aunt Het making a sharper remark about the press. No additional context or names are provided.
Miss Lorraine Mathews Bride Elect Honored
Lorraine Mathews bride elect of Sergt Clair A Porter was honored at a Thursday shower in the home of Mrs Frank Danber 1220 First Avenue NW with Mrs Elmer Cox and Mrs George Oustin assisting. The blue and white table centerpiece featured a miniature bride and four bridesmaids. Prizes went to Mrs Wilbur Canady Mrs Myron Pals Mrs Dale Reece and Mrs Lee Brockman. Thirty guests attended.
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Lorraine
Clair A. Porter
Frank Danber
First Avenue NW
Elmer Cox
George Oustin
Wilbur Canady
Myron Pals
Dale Reece
Lee Brockman
Dorothy Metela Honored at Kitchen Shower
Mrs. Francis Metela hosted a kitchen shower for her daughter Dorothy bride elect of Corp. A. L. Hampton. Eighteen guests attended with out of town visitors Mrs. R. L. Brown of Estherville Iowa and Mrs. Carroll Johnson of San Diego California visiting relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Metela
C Avenue NW
Dorothy
Corp. A. L. Hampton
R. L. Brown
Estherville
Clyde Brown
Carroll Johnson
San __ Diego
Calif
W. C. Dor
Evelyne Strause Weds G I Martin in Kahoka Missouri
Mrs Edward Burke Jr announces the marriage of her daughter Evelyne Strause to G I Martin on September 21 1940 in Kahoka Missouri. Mrs Martin was honored Thursday by National Oats employees where she has worked six years. The couple will depart Sunday for a trip to Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Burke, Jr
Daniels Street
Evelyne Strause
G. I. Martin
Kahoka
Mrs. Clarence Radcliff Given Shower Honors in Cedar Rapids Visit
Mrs. Clarence Radcliff formerly Ruth Ann Springer of Cedar Rapids was honored at a Thursday evening shower hosted by Mrs. Walter Dunahugh and Mrs. Harry Verwaayen at the Dunahugh home on Zika avenue NW in Los Angeles. Seventeen guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Radcliff
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Dunahugh
Harry Verwaayen
Dunahugh
Zika Avenue NW
Radcliff
Ruth Ann Springer
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Berry
Springville
Kidawzapi Camp Fire Elects Officers in Meeting
The Kidawzapi Camp Fire group elected officers at a meeting held at guardian Mrs. John D. Randall's home 328 Forest Drive SE. New officers include Joyce Skinner as President Susan Randall as Vice President Gloria Cohn as Secretary Louanne Clark as Treasurer Frances Fleckenstein as Sergeant at Arms and Jane Hickenlooper as Scribe. The group plans a wiener roast at Bever Park in the large pavilion Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidawzapi
John D. Randall
Forest Drive
Joyce Skinner
Susan Randdall
Gloria Cohn
Louanne Clark
Frances Fleckenstein
Jane Hickenlooper
Bever Park
Cross Town Club Meets At Two Homes For Prizes
The Cross Town club met Thursday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Eddie Person at 915 6th Avenue NW. Game prizes were won by John Coombs Joe Kremenak and Kenneth Dieterich in the home of Mrs. Kremenak at 719 Fourteenth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Person
Avenue NW
John Coombs
Joe Kremenak
Kenneth Dieterich
Kremenak
Fourteenth Street SE
Rally Day Service at St John Lutheran Ely
The Lutheran Church of Ely invites a rally day service this Sunday led by Rev J Hamilton Dawson. Sunday school starts at 10 p.m., followed by a noon picnic dinner in the Legion hall.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church of
Kings Daughters to Host Benefit Coffee Oct 1
Ella Hungerford circle plans a benefit coffee at Mrs. Ben Carson's home, 412 Thirty-third Street NE, on October 1. The event features members of the organization entertaining guests for charity.
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Ella Hungerford
King’s Daughters
Ben Carson
Thirty-third Street
P T A Meetings Highlight School Community Activities
The Fillmore, Roosevelt and Wilson P T A groups held first meetings with officers and chairmen announced. Miss Meloney urged city wide mothersingers, while presentations covered volunteer service, Red Cross training, health of teens, and home economics demonstrations.
Lincoln P T A Opens Year With Home Nursing Talk
Mrs. Richard Cook presided at the first Lincoln P T A meeting of the year and welcomed new mothers. Principal Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis introduced the teachers. Mrs. Harold Miner outlined home nursing, while Dennis spoke on her summer trip and war consciousness in eastern cities. A skit titled The Man on the Street was performed by several members.
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Wilson P. T. A
M. Horsky
C. A. Love
P.T.A
Iowa City
E. C. Waite
Dorothy Stofler
Pierre A. Tracy
Wilson High School
Horsky
Waite
Lincoln P. T. A
Richard Cook
Elizabeth Dennis
Harold Miner
Dennis
Seaboard
Tiler School PTA Discusses Juvenile Problems and Camp Fire Girls
The Tiler school P.T.A. met Wednesday afternoon at the school. Fred Carstens spoke on Juvenile Problems and Mrs. Vernon Huffman talked on Organizing Camp Fire Girls. Sixty members were present.
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Tiler School P.T.A
Fred Carstens
Vernon Huffman
Simple daily exercises to trim figure and guard against fat
Dr Mary MacFadyen prescribes a ten to fifteen minute home routine to slim the waistline hips and thighs. She outlines six straightforward moves to be done daily starting with two repetitions and building to ten, stressing consistent effort for a healthier figure.
Mother and Son Join Service In Wartime Reading
Ruth Millett reflects on a Los Angeles mother and her 18 year old son who join the WAAC and the regular army. She portrays a mother’s anxieties pride and sacrifice as she imagines her son’s hard life dangers and eventual civilian life after the war. The piece argues that every mother feels connected as sons enlist and serve.
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Ruth Millett
Gazette
Los Angeles
Army
WAAC
Doilies for Crocheting in String Three Sizes
Learn to crochet lacy doilies in three sizes 19 12 and 6 inches using string. Pattern 316 includes stitch directions and material lists with illustrations. Send 11 cents with name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft 1 82 Eighth Avenue New York N Y.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Advice From Mary Manners on reconciliation and love
Mary Manners suggests Jean try to reconcile with her former fiancé to avoid harming two lives and heal past bitterness. The columnist also responds to readers JO and JO's letter about finding true love and waiting for the right partner, emphasizing patience and genuine affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Lea
Miss Manners
Unclear romance prompts guidance to seek explanation
The excerpt advises a woman to write to the man and ask what happened after being stood up. It notes possible misunderstanding and suggests he owes an explanation, reflecting a puzzled and uneasy mood in a COED column.
Illinois Central Net Income Rises in August 1942
Illinois Central reports net income of 2,115,350 for August 1942, up from 873,412 in August 1941. Cumulative net income from January 1 to August 31, 1942 totals 13,462,653, versus 7,049,620 in the same 1941 period.
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Chicago (Ap
Ilinois Central Railroad
Aluminum Strikers Vote Return to Jobs
Aluminum Company of America plant workers vote to return to work at noon Friday while a dispute is settled, ending a three day production interruption.
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Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
American Bomber Raid Hits Indo China Airdrome
U S bombers escorted by fighters attacked Gai Lam airdrome at Hanoi Indo China on Friday and shot down two or possibly three Japanese planes. No American losses were reported. A separate strike on Ling Tung Yueh road in Yunnan destroyed 12 to 20 Japanese trucks.
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U.S. Army Air Force
China
Gai Lam
Hanoi
Indo-China
United States
Ling-Tungyueh Road
Yunnan
Lear Lauds Young Officers At Second Army Review
Lieutenant General Ben Lear praised the leadership of young officers rising from the ranks through officer candidate schools after inspecting the Second Army maneuvers. He urged all young men to serve at least a year in the ranks before attending Point to gain soldier and non commissioned officer viewpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Army
Tennessee
Ben Lear
Senate considers national service draft proposal with work or fight rule
A bill titled national service act would apportion manpower between fighting forces and home front production. It would authorize the President to assign registrants 18 to 65 to labor tasks and extend work liability to 45 to 65. Senator Austin of Vermont introduced the measure.
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Senate
Austin
R-Vt
Selective Service
Four Children Die In Hayride Mishap
In Middletown an AP report states four high school students died and 24 were injured when a tractor-trailer struck the rear of a hayride wagon around midnight. The tractor-trailer overturned and the driver was uninjured.
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Middletown
Roosevelt and Cabinet Praise Free Press in War Effort
President Roosevelt and seven cabinet members lauded the role of the American press in wartime, marking National Newspaper Week. They praised reporters for bravery, editors for responsibility, and asserted the press as a vital pillar of democracy supporting war efforts and government campaigns.
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Roosevelt
U. S
NEW York
American Free Press
Treasury
Morgenthau
Francis Biddle
Unity Center to Host J Gable Lecture on Good Tidings
J Gable Unity teacher and writer will speak at 8 pm Sunday at the Unity Center 1015 Second Avenue SE. Gable serves as a field lecturer for Unity School of Christianity in Kansas City MO and has lectured across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rage J. Gable
Unity Center
Second Avenue SE
Mr. Gable
Unity School of Christianity
Kansas City
Unity
United States
Canada
First Cedar Rapids War on Tin Cans Gains Momentum
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus reports Cedar Rapids households meeting a 3500 pound daily goal for processed tin cans and expects to exceed it next week. The campaign aims to collect cans with proper sorting and proper placement for pickup and shipment to the East Chicago plant.
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OCD
Cedar Rapids
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
City Sanitary Ee
East Chic Ind
Detiining
To Put in Effect Subsidy Program On Vegetable Oil
The government will subsidize crude vegetable oils including peanut, soybean, and cottonseed at half a cent per pound to prevent shortages. The CCC will buy at ceiling prices and sell with a half-cent ceiling reduction, aiming to lower wholesaler and retailer costs without hurting processors or farmers. The program will cost about 16 million dollars in the 1942 crop, with processing potentially extending 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
CCC
Churches Unite For Christian Advance Movement Launch
The Church of God on L avenue at Eighth street NW and hundreds of other Churches of God in America will start the United Christian Advance on Oct. 4. The four goals are reach the unreached train leaders deepen spiritual life and Christianize the home. Rev S E Dooty says the effort aims to raise Sunday school attendance while prioritizing better teaching and evangelistic emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Churches of God In
Dooty
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